Why would this amount to 'death'? If I had, for an example, a LabView system on my bench that ran on Windows XP, it wouldn't need to 'die' because it isn't networked to any other systems. There are lots of pieces of test equipment that embed various versions of Windows in them. At a previous job we had Unholtz-Dicke shaker tables. One had a Windows XP host, the other had a Windows 2000 host. They worked fine. They will continue to work fine.
Young people today (*) probably can't imagine a device that doesn't have 24/7 access to the internet.
Over here in Sweden we have small traffic signs directly under the stop sign that tells which lanes that needs to yield in case the light stops to work, somehow I thought that this was the same throughout the entire EU but I guess that this is now how it works in the UK then?
The rule in the UK is that you give way to traffic on your right at roundabouts etc if it was there first.
If everyone arrives at exactly the same time at a set of broken traffic lights or roundabout, you get a Mexican stand off and common sense has to prevail, i.e. if you're on a moped, let the big fucking lorry go first.
Except we're not the only one's with opposable thumbs so it can't be that. And African gray parrots certainly can do the talky, talky just fine so it's not that either.
It's a combination of those things plus being bipedal.
Our three advantages are opposable thumbs, flappy lips, bipedality and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
And this, ladies and gentlement, is the reason for Brexit.
Some people are getting sick and tired of being told by the unelected EU bureaucrats what to do. Especially after voting against it, like the Dutch and the British.
as it gets hot in summer, it was necessary to rest a little in the afternoon, and continue to work afterwards, extending the schedule for one or two hours
This does not apply to Central or Northern Europe, only to places like the south of Spain.
I am tempted to go through all the techie and sci-fi uses of the term "Aurora" and make a single record of them all. From spaceship names to project codenames, it seems to be everywhere.
And the female name Kira, Qi'ra, etc.
Aurora is the goddess of Dawn. So, in any techie or sci fi context, it suggests fresh beginnings, a wonderful start to a new era.
Basically, 'Sunrise' from Also Sprach Zarathustra.
Censorship shouldn't be needed. We should be able to control our little masturbatory emotions
Yes, well by that argument we shouldn't need any laws of any description, then everyone could just voluntarily be nice to each other all the time, and we oculd all live in the best of all possible worlds.
It's indicative of the current political slant on slashdot that this is modded Flamebait, whereas the mirror image Right Wing Nutjob post above is modded Insightful.
Well if you want to split hairs, you can never 100% prove causation anyway, at least in something as complex as a human being.
There are (probably) people who take no exercise, sleep four hours a night, drink two bottles of whisky, and smoke 60 cigarettes a day, yet die peacefully in their beds from nothing more than old age at the age of 95.
But on average, you're better off doing at least some moderate exercise, sleeping for 6-8 hours a day, drinking moderately and not smoking.
I think part of it is just that in maybe 7 out of 10 cases advice like "get more exercise" or "get some bed rest" appears to work because the person doesn't come back with the same complaint.
That's why there now has to be a rule that if someone comes in with chest t pain they MUST be checked for heart problems, because too many doctors were fobbing them off and then thinking they had done well when in fact they didn't come back because they were dead or had a severe stroke.
There aren't many people who wouldn't benefit from some moderate exercise and a regular good night's sleep.
If a doctor recommends these, a sensible diet, and not too much booze/drugs, they are only going to do some good in the vast majority of cases.
But, yes, they do have to diagnose actual illnesses too.
My daughter was doing ratios (I think in 5th grade?), and I couldn't understand the method she was taught. I taught her to cross multiply and solve the really basic algebra equation. She completed the assignment, I double-checked the answers and they were correct. Turns it in, zero for a grade because "she didn't follow the correct procedure." Teacher didn't even believe she did it, so had her do several problems on the board, which she did. "Well, sorry that's not the right way to do it."
I'm all for easier or just different ways to do things, but arriving algorithmic-ally at a correct answer should NEVER be "wrong."
If I was a teacher and my 10 year old pupil turned in homework using a different method than the one I'd taught, the options are (a) they're a child prodigy or (b) someone did their homework for them. I know which I'd assume first.
Just look at the New Green Deal. It's ostensibly about climate, but almost entirely about social justice, communism, and the destruction of America as a world power.
To be honest I don't understand why they wouldn't want their ads on NSFW pages. How many consumers would avoid a product because they saw it on a porn site? Obviously they themselves don't object to porn, or else they wouldn't be on that site in the first place.
Unfortunately, it's the association, mainstream media publishing stories about how Mrs X was horrified to hear that Brand Y was advertising on a porn site which her husband accidentally tumbled across...
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when the moon goes overhead, the ground goes up and down by about plus or minus six inches
Yeah sure, if that was true then the moon would make the oceans rise and fall on a regular daily basis, rather than being at sea level all the time.
What sort of idiots do these so-called scientists take us for?
At least he didn't write "Claude Reigns".
or 'Clawed Reins'.
Why would this amount to 'death'? If I had, for an example, a LabView system on my bench that ran on Windows XP, it wouldn't need to 'die' because it isn't networked to any other systems. There are lots of pieces of test equipment that embed various versions of Windows in them. At a previous job we had Unholtz-Dicke shaker tables. One had a Windows XP host, the other had a Windows 2000 host. They worked fine. They will continue to work fine.
Young people today (*) probably can't imagine a device that doesn't have 24/7 access to the internet.
(*) who need to get off my lawn
why not link Monotype's site with samples, instead of that eyecandy page?
https://www.monotype.com/fonts...
You presumably have to pay to access their site?
When a Windows error message goes up on a roadside billboard, accidents happen from people rubbernecking to gawk at it.
I think you are overestimating the fascination of normal human beings with computer error messages.
Over here in Sweden we have small traffic signs directly under the stop sign that tells which lanes that needs to yield in case the light stops to work, somehow I thought that this was the same throughout the entire EU but I guess that this is now how it works in the UK then?
The rule in the UK is that you give way to traffic on your right at roundabouts etc if it was there first.
If everyone arrives at exactly the same time at a set of broken traffic lights or roundabout, you get a Mexican stand off and common sense has to prevail, i.e. if you're on a moped, let the big fucking lorry go first.
Except we're not the only one's with opposable thumbs so it can't be that. And African gray parrots certainly can do the talky, talky just fine so it's not that either.
It's a combination of those things plus being bipedal.
Our three advantages are opposable thumbs, flappy lips, bipedality and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
if you can speak German, they will pay you $19k to lie in a space bed for two months while they spin it for space research.
Does being able to say "ja" and "nein" count, or are they all fussy about being fluent and shit?
the "common market" destroyed English manufacturing and mining
No, that was down to Thatcherism.
Right, but they can be told to
And this, ladies and gentlement, is the reason for Brexit. Some people are getting sick and tired of being told by the unelected EU bureaucrats what to do. Especially after voting against it, like the Dutch and the British.
Found the straight bananas fuckwit.
as it gets hot in summer, it was necessary to rest a little in the afternoon, and continue to work afterwards, extending the schedule for one or two hours
This does not apply to Central or Northern Europe, only to places like the south of Spain.
PewDiePie is this generation's Dustin "Screech" Diamond
Er, who's Dustin "Screech" Diamond?
Ok I give.
WTF is a "Pewdepie"?
I believe they are a popular beat combo, m'lud.
I am tempted to go through all the techie and sci-fi uses of the term "Aurora" and make a single record of them all. From spaceship names to project codenames, it seems to be everywhere.
And the female name Kira, Qi'ra, etc.
Aurora is the goddess of Dawn. So, in any techie or sci fi context, it suggests fresh beginnings, a wonderful start to a new era.
Basically, 'Sunrise' from Also Sprach Zarathustra.
Censorship shouldn't be needed. We should be able to control our little masturbatory emotions
Yes, well by that argument we shouldn't need any laws of any description, then everyone could just voluntarily be nice to each other all the time, and we oculd all live in the best of all possible worlds.
Welcome to the USA...
I live in Armenia.
It's spelled AMERICA, pal.
It's indicative of the current political slant on slashdot that this is modded Flamebait, whereas the mirror image Right Wing Nutjob post above is modded Insightful.
Correlation is not causation/curative treatment.
Well if you want to split hairs, you can never 100% prove causation anyway, at least in something as complex as a human being.
There are (probably) people who take no exercise, sleep four hours a night, drink two bottles of whisky, and smoke 60 cigarettes a day, yet die peacefully in their beds from nothing more than old age at the age of 95.
But on average, you're better off doing at least some moderate exercise, sleeping for 6-8 hours a day, drinking moderately and not smoking.
I think part of it is just that in maybe 7 out of 10 cases advice like "get more exercise" or "get some bed rest" appears to work because the person doesn't come back with the same complaint.
That's why there now has to be a rule that if someone comes in with chest t pain they MUST be checked for heart problems, because too many doctors were fobbing them off and then thinking they had done well when in fact they didn't come back because they were dead or had a severe stroke.
There aren't many people who wouldn't benefit from some moderate exercise and a regular good night's sleep.
If a doctor recommends these, a sensible diet, and not too much booze/drugs, they are only going to do some good in the vast majority of cases.
But, yes, they do have to diagnose actual illnesses too.
Practical flying taxis already exist - they just aren't large enough to carry humans yet.
Then they aren't very fucking practical, are they?
Standard slashdot response: it works in theory, so the implementation is just an engineering problem.
My daughter was doing ratios (I think in 5th grade?), and I couldn't understand the method she was taught. I taught her to cross multiply and solve the really basic algebra equation. She completed the assignment, I double-checked the answers and they were correct. Turns it in, zero for a grade because "she didn't follow the correct procedure." Teacher didn't even believe she did it, so had her do several problems on the board, which she did. "Well, sorry that's not the right way to do it."
I'm all for easier or just different ways to do things, but arriving algorithmic-ally at a correct answer should NEVER be "wrong."
If I was a teacher and my 10 year old pupil turned in homework using a different method than the one I'd taught, the options are (a) they're a child prodigy or (b) someone did their homework for them. I know which I'd assume first.
Just look at the New Green Deal. It's ostensibly about climate, but almost entirely about social justice, communism, and the destruction of America as a world power.
Yes, but surely it has SOME downside?
*rimshot*
When attendance is mandatory, it guarantees a portion of those will have no interest in learning.
If attendance were not mandatory, it would guarantee that a far larger portion of the population won't learn anything at all.
To be honest I don't understand why they wouldn't want their ads on NSFW pages. How many consumers would avoid a product because they saw it on a porn site? Obviously they themselves don't object to porn, or else they wouldn't be on that site in the first place.
Unfortunately, it's the association, mainstream media publishing stories about how Mrs X was horrified to hear that Brand Y was advertising on a porn site which her husband accidentally tumbled across...
you will reverse ageing until your a baby and get sucked up by a vagina.
So as long as the average slashdotter can just find a way to live until nine months before the end of the universe, he won't die a virgin.
There's hope for everyone.